How we count

TopRank is an independent ranking of Georgian websites and a free counter. This page briefly explains where every number comes from.

What we count

• Page view — every page load on which the counter script ran.
• Visitor — a unique visitor of one site within one day.
• Visit — a session; a new visit starts after 30 minutes of inactivity.
• Days are counted in Tbilisi time (UTC+4).

Bots and artificial traffic

• Known bots, search crawlers and browser prefetch/prerender are not counted.
• More than 400 page views by one visitor on one site per day are not counted.
• At most 60 visitors per IP per site per day are counted (allowing for shared mobile carrier IPs).
• Views count only from the registered site’s domain.

Ranking rules

• Sites are ordered by visitors in the chosen period (or by views/visits, depending on the sort).
• The position change (▲▼) compares today’s position with yesterday’s for the same period.
• Only active, listed sites with a visible counter take part.
• Sites with hidden statistics show no numbers, but their position is still calculated.

Why the counter is required

• A visible counter proves the site really uses TopRank and lets its visitors see the ranking.
• We check the home page daily; after 3 failed checks in a row the site temporarily leaves the ranking.
• When the counter is back, the site returns automatically — no statistics are lost.
• After 7 days in the ranking, the link from your site page becomes follow (an SEO benefit).

Privacy

• The counter uses no cookies and does not store IP addresses.
• Uniqueness is based on a one-way hash that changes every day — a visitor cannot be recognised the next day.
• Details are in the privacy policy.

Errors or complaints

If you think a site’s numbers are artificially inflated, or your site left the ranking by mistake, write to us: [email protected]